NFL Network's Ian Rapoport is widely regarded as the second-best NFL insider in the industry behind ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The two have a bit of a friendly rivalry going, and both have had their fair share of gaffes over the years.
Schefter has found himself the target of online vitriol over a handful of social media posts written in poor taste, and Rapoport now finds himself under fire for a similar situation.
Rapoport recently reported the details of tight end Travis Kelce's new contract with the Kansas City Chiefs - and some weren't happy with the way he worded his post.
"#Chiefs Pro Bowl TE Travis Kelce has signed his contract, officially locking him in for 2026," Rapoport tweeted. "It's a 3-year, $54.735M deal that can be worth up to $57.735M ($18.245M average) done by agent Mike Simon (@mikevmgsports) of @milkhoneysport. Year 1 is $12M plus 3M in incentives."
FS1's Nick Wright was among those irked by the way Rapoport reported Kelce's contract details, claiming the longtime insider was "blatantly misinforming" the public.
"Ian Rapoport's tweet about Travis Kelce's contract … this is now the second time in a couple weeks that Rapoport has, via his very popular and followed Twitter account, blatantly misinformed the public," Wright stated.
"… (Kelce) signed a deal that is a one-year, $12 million deal that has $3 million in earnable incentives. That is the effective deal he signed," Wright added. "There is absolutely no shot - even if Travis decides, ‘I want to keep playing' - that he is going to get a $40 million balloon payment in early March.
"Everyone knows that, which is why if your goal is to inform the public, report the actual information. The real actionable intel is Travis Kelce is on a de facto one-year, $12 million deal where he can make $3 million in incentives."
Wright's point is that Rapoport misrepresented Kelce's contract.
While technically the deal was signed for three years and $54.735 million, it contains two void years that essentially makes it a one-year, $12 million fully guaranteed contract with $3 million in incentives, per Spotrac.
Kelce can receive a $750,000 playing time bonus for hitting 60% of the team's offensive snaps, $1 million for playing 70% of the team's snaps, and $2 million if he plays 80% of the team's snaps.
He also will get a $250,000 bonus if he plays 60% of the team's regular season snaps and they make the Super Bowl, and he gets a $1 million bonus if he plays 70% of the team's regular-season snaps and they make the Super Bowl.
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